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I'm Amazed
by the Pixies
Album: Surfer Rosa

Chords:  (strummed on acoustic guitar)
Em   x79987
B    799877
C    8-10-10-9-8-8
A    577655

Talking bit at beginning:
KIM: ...girls and fucked 'em at school
All I know is that
There were rumours he was into field hockey players
There were rumours
CHARLES: So I applied basically
KIM: He was gone the next day
CHARLES: I went out for the team
KIM: It's like -he was go- they just like
It was so hush hush
They were so... quiet about it
And then the next thing you know...


Intro:
e--------------------------------------------3---
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D--0--4--5-----0--4--5-----0--4--5-----0--4------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

Lead guitar plays this during verses:
e------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------
D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---
A------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

Verse 1:
Em         B
The day before
            C
That I was wed
             A
She went upstairs and she cut her hair away


Lead guitar plays this during chorus:
e-------------------------------------------------------------
B-12--12--12--12--12-12-12-12---12--12--12--12--12-12-12-12---
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------

Chorus: (x4)
      Em   B   C   A
I'm amazed


Verse 2:
Em          B
And when I was
          C
A little boy
            A
A ball of string my favorite toy


CHORUS


Solo:
  Em       B           C           A
e--------------7-------9-8-------------7-----------7-------
B-----8----------10--------10-8----------10----------10----
G-7-9------7-9---------------------7-9---------7-9---------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------

   Em  B  C  A    Em  B  C  A    Em  B  C  A   Em  B  C  A
e---------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-\--
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------


Verse 3: (drums only)
Before I died
I took my Honda
And packed it up up up
To Arizona

CHORUS

At the end bend the very last note a half step up to C.